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Last week I wrote about FINRA’s 2014 exam priorities. This week, the SEC announced its 2014 examination priorities covering a number of topics important to investment advisers, investment companies, broker-dealers, clearing agencies, exchanges and other self-regulatory organizations, hedge funds, private equity funds, and transfer agents.

While the SEC makes clear the list is not exhaustive, areas that firms will see heightened scrutiny include fraud detection and prevention, corporate governance and enterprise risk management, technology controls. Included also are issues concerning the growing relationship between broker-dealers and investment advisers, new rules and regulations, and retirement investments and rollovers. Continue reading “An Outline of The SEC’s 2014 Examination Priorities”

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